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Friday, February 2, 2024  Sunnybrook researcher awarded grant to study how sleep may ward off Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Andrew Lim has been awarded a CIHR Operating Grant for his project: Integrating Sleep Wearables, Brain Imaging, and Blood Biomarkers to Understand how Healthy Sleep Confers Resistance and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease Related Brain Changes.
 
Friday, January 19, 2024  New cancer therapy approach slows growth of advanced gastrointestinal tumours
New approach for early cancer treatment was shown to significantly reduce the risk of advanced neuroendocrine tumour progression and death
 
Tuesday, December 12, 2023  Sunnybrook-led research team develops simplified prediction model for cardiovascular disease risk
Current guidelines recommend using models that estimate the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) to guide treatment decisions for preventive therapies like cholesterol-lowering statins. A new model developed by clinician-scientists provides a simplified approach that uses only laboratory tests, which may provide a significant advantage over traditional models.
 
Thursday, December 7, 2023  Sunnybrook ranked one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for 2023
Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) was ranked in the top 10 on the 2023 list of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals, released by RE$EARCH Infosource Inc.
 
Wednesday, November 29, 2023  Patients have lower healthcare costs with female surgeons, study finds
'Large cost savings' are found for female surgeons compared to male surgeons, but more research is needed to understand why these differences exist. A new study suggests that patients treated by female surgeons have lower total healthcare costs than patients treated by male surgeons, across many different types of procedures.